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The Correlation of Dental Caries with Nutritional Status of Early School children of District Swat

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

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Nutritional Surveys (dietary, Clinical biochemical and Anthropic )

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ABSTRAC T The current study was conducted in District Swat from March 2024 to September 2024 to investigate correlation of Dental caries with Nutritional status of early school children. A systematic random sampling technique was applied for sample collection. Total of 300 samples were taken of aged 4 to 10 years of early school children. The total of 300 samples was taken from those children who have dental caries. Among the early school children the high prevalence of nutritional status the high ratio was found in Malnutrition 30(10%) leading by underweight 20(6.66%) and Anemia 5(1.66%) while very low frequency was found in Stunting 5(1.66%) and in Wasting 0(0%). The current study investigate that there is a strong association between Dental caries and Nutritional status. The prevalence of dental caries was very high compared to the WHO's report on oral health among school children. The educational status of mothers, habit of cleaning teeth, consumption of sugared coffee, consumption sweet food, and milk consumption were the associated factors for dental caries. There was significant association between dental caries and nutritional status. Children and parents should receive behavioral interventions regarding diet and dental hygiene. Furthermore, it is advised that more research be done utilizing all available techniques for diagnosing dental caries and evaluating the dental hygiene behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge of both parents and children.

DOI

10.21608/enj.2024.402172

Keywords

Key words: prevalence, Malnutrition, dental caries, Underweight

Authors

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Dr Hira

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Waqas1

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1 Department of Dentistry Gandhara University Peshawar, Pakistan, 25000

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, Dr Eidul

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Ahad2

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2 Department of Dentistry Spinghar Medical University Afghanistan, 2672

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, Dr Said

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Muhammad Usman Shah3

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3 Department: Dentistry Liaquat University of medical and health sciences, jamshoro, Pakistan 76060

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, Shakir

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Ullah4

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4Department of Microbiology Abasyn University Peshawar Pakistan, 25000

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Volume

39

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4

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51849

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2025-01-01

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2024-12-01

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80

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87

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1687-1235

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2090-2514

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https://ejn.journals.ekb.eg/article_402172.html

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1,704

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Egyptian Journal of Nutrition

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https://ejn.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Correlation of Dental Caries with Nutritional Status of Early School children of District Swat

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07 Jan 2025